Barak's done, stick a fork in him.
Over the past couple of weeks we have seen Barak Obama's lack of experience bite him on the butt.
During the so-called Democratic "debate", Barak stated that in his first year as president he would sit down with a host of rogue nation's leaders, including Kim Jong Il, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Hugo Chavez, Fidel Castro, and others. Naturally, this caught a few of his supporters of guard. They may agree with him, but they never expected him to actually say it openly. And those who disagree with that stance were more than happy to use it against him.
So... Barak decided to modify his position to one in whih he could show strength instead of mealy-mouthed cowardice. The result was his speech earlier this week in which he stated that he's ready to attack PAKISTAN... an ally in the War on Terror, and a sovereign nation in its own ight. We make not like this particular ally or the ways in which they excersize sovereignty, but they are still an ally, and the fact that one of the frontrunners for the office of President of the USA would even consider attacking an ally during wartime is absolutely idiotic. If we were ever stupid enough to actually attack an ally during wartime, we'd never be able to gather an alliance for any purpose ever again. And if you think that Bush has destroyed our credibility in the international community, then imagine what attacking an ally would do to our international standing.
And, of course, this just reveals the hipocracy of Barak Obama... he would sit down with our declared enemies to talk diplomacy, because sabre-rattling is for meanies. But he would attack an actual ally.
Which brings us to his idiotic comments about nuclear weapons... First he said that he believes that using nuclear weapons in any circumstances would be a mistake. Too bad the terrorists don't seem to agree. Then he modified his position to say that he would never use nukes in "any circumstances involving civilians." Again, too bad the enemy doesn't agree. And then finally, he withdrew his entire statement... "Let me sratch that... there's been no discussion of nuclear weapons. That's not on the table."
So he won't ever use them, but he might use them if there were no civilians around, but he refuses to even discuss the possibility of using them. And he'd meet with enemies to talk and attack allies.
Is this the guy you want in charge of the "football"?
I don't think so. And I have a feeling that Obama has pretty much ended his chances of becoming President in 2008. Even if by some miracle he's able to beat Hillary for the Democratic nomination, any Republican nominee with any political skills whatsoever will destroy Obama with these comments. Obama has pretty much slit his own thoat.
Hillary must be laughing her fat A$$ off. Her number one competitor just committed political suicide in front of the whole country.
Elliot